TK Sees Enrollment Increases

Thornapple Kellogg School District student enrollment is increasing. According to the unofficial numbers from the state's fall count day in October, the district has 68 more students than a year ago. The district count was 3,314 students this fall compared to 3,066 in 2016.

Numbers by the schools:

McFall from 472 to 501

Lee from 443 to 468

Page from 448 to 460

Middle school from 738 to 745

High school from 941 to 937

The growth is significant since the district receives per pupil state funding. Although administrators anticipated a likely increase in enrollment, they budgeted conservatively for no increase for the year.

Thornapple Kellogg is among several schools in the KISD seeing enrollment increases.

Other Barry County Schools were not as fortunate. According to preliminary numbers, Hastings, Delton Kellogg, and Lakewood all saw declining enrollments from a year ago. Only Maple Valley saw increasing student numbers from last fall.

Seeing growth in a time when many districts are seeing declining populations is just more proof of TK being a great place to be!